Homily #080625 ( 11min) Play – …And so nothing has changed. There are false prophets in our midst even today. The master principle Our Lord lays down in today’s Gospel is; “By their fruits you will know them.” So the question comes up, what is good fruit and what is bad fruit? How do we discern spirits? … Are dead babies, wounded women, and sacrilegious Communions good fruit?
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Homily #090324 ( 05min) Play – The multitude that followed Jesus wondered if Jesus was the promised Messiah. Those that obeyed the commandments were able to discern this correctly. Those who did not, wanted to kill him.

Ave Maria!

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Ave Maria Meditations

As we celebrate this occasion, the Church invites us to honor the vocation of all Christians given at baptism. May we who have dedicated our lives to God through the vocation of marriage, priesthood, diaconate, consecrated life, and the single life continue to follow Jesus who has called us by name. May those who are discerning their life vocation listen to the grace of God to guide them.

“The Church prays everyday to the Holy Spirit for the gift of vocations. Gathered around the Virgin Mary, Queen of Apostles, as in the begin­ning, the ecc1esial community learns from her how to implore the Lord for a flowering of new apostles, alive with the faith and love that are necessary for the mission.”

Pope Benedict XVI

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Homily #130418b ( 10min) Play – Fr. Joachim on the need to listen to God’s voice in prayer in order to discern His will for us. Then we can proceed with an active Christian life, assured that we are bearing good fruit.

Ave Maria!
Mass: Thursday 3rd Week of Easter – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: act 8:26-40
Resp: psa 66:8-9, 16-17, 20
Gsp: joh 6:44-51

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Homily #140817j ( 13min) Play – There are many young people open to religious life. God doesn’t speak in a big booming voice, but in a whisper. Vocation shortage? Ave Maria! Mass: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sunday – Form: OF Readings:  1st: isa 56:1, 6-7 Resp: psa 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 2nd: rom 11:13-15, 29-32 Gsp: mat 15:21-28 Audio (MP3) +++

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Fr Ignatius gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on Dec 16, Gaudete Sunday, the third Sunday in Advent on how we should rejoice in the nearness of God. Father exhorts us to reflect on whether going to Church and the nearness of Christmas gives us joy, and if it does not, to discern why and repent. He connects this to living a selfless and virtuous life that brings us closer to Christ. If we rejoice in Christ, then Christ will rejoice in us.

Ave Maria!

Mass: 3rd Sunday of Advent – Sunday
Readings: 
1st: zep 3:14-18
Resp: isa 12:2-3, 4, 5-6
2nd: phi 4:4-7
Gsp: luk 3:10-18

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